Word: moneyless
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Dates: during 1894-1894
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...foundation of a Bolles Scholarship, however, would seem to anyone who knew the specific nature of Mr. Bolles's interest in moneyless students, emphatically inappropriate. Scholarships (without entering the vexatious question of their use and abuse) undoubtedly stand as prizes, open to a certain class of fellows previously trained to enter a competition as definite in its rules and qualifications as those met by a record-breaking athlete. Not every athlete wins a cup in his first contest. Neither does every promising fellow win a scholarship. Neither the very rich man nor the very poor is in the contest...